Dialectics, Triangulation, and Triage as a Pattern for Biblical Belief and Practice, pt. 2
Part One Early in my life, I often heard the term “balance” to describe a superior way to live as a Christian. I think there is a biblical concept of balance, but also an unbiblical one. For instance, we don’t come to an interpretation of scripture or a biblical belief and practice by using balance. […]
The Error or Falsehood of Balancing the Extremes to Come to the Truth
In my lifetime, I’ve lost things. I found them by searching between two places on the extreme of where I’d been. Some call it retracing your steps. It couldn’t have been somewhere beyond the two places, so I looked in between, somewhere in the middle. In the same way, we do not find or know […]
35th Anniversary of the Church I Planted in California, pt. 7
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Going door-to-door the first year, I met Geri Singleton, a black woman about 45-50 years old. I preached the gospel to her. She received it. I came back. She still showed interest. She came to church, not faithfully […]
My Take on the Disappointing Results of Tuesday’s Mid-Term Elections
Monday Pre Mid-Term Post Many of you have heard the terminology, “gag reflex.” Certain behavior once merited a gag reflex. You saw it and something rose in your throat that caused you to gag. It was a good response. Then after awhile you saw the same behavior become so common that it was normal. You […]
The Founders Didn’t Found a Democracy
The main strategy, it seemed, of the Democrat party for the mid-term election was the “attack on democracy.” I think I understand them correctly when I say they refer to a spin on January 6, 2020 and then the so-called “election denial” or “election denialism.” January 6 was this amazing attempt to overturn the election. […]
35th Anniversary of the Church I Planted in California, pt. 6
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five During the last part of our first year of our church plant in the San Francisco Bay Area, Hercules held their July 4 festivities, which included a parade. Our church could enter a float in the parade, and we won the […]
35th Anniversary of the Church I Planted in California, pt. 5
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Anyone who might want to start a church in the San Francisco Bay Area likely understands two difficult realities, one, it’s hostile to Christianity, and, two, it’s very expensive to live there. My wife and I went there because of the former. We trusted […]
35th Anniversary of the Church I Planted in California, pt. 4
Part One Part Two Part Three Bridget and I arrived in San Francisco in late August, joining Calvary Baptist Church there. We found our first apartment in the Marlesta apartments in Pinole. She succeeded at finding a job as a teller at Mechanics Bank. I found one at the Big Five sporting goods. […]
35th Anniversary of the Church I Planted in California, pt. 3
Part One Part Two By the time I finished scouting the San Francisco Bay Area as to where to start a new church, I had about three places of interest. I still didn’t know when I left my Dodge Omni in California, parked on a curb in front the home of our sending church […]
35th Anniversary of the Church I Planted in California, pt. 2
Part One Every true church starts by the grace of God and under the headship of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul wrote and I echo his belief in 1 Corinthians 15:10: But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but […]
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